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HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesMy Lords, community pharmacies make a vital contribution to the provision of primary care. The Government and the sector continue to implement their vision, agreed in 2019, to…20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentWhen agreeing contracts with healthcare manufacturers that stipulate fixed pricing the manufacturers have full opportunity to account for the inflationary pressures of their…20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentI thank my noble friend for his question. The Government’s medtech strategy, published in February, will support medical device manufacturers by recognising the importance of…20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentThe noble Lord raises an important point. Unfortunately, we were far more reliant on China, not just in the NHS but elsewhere in our economy. However, contracts and framework…20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentThe noble Lord raises a very important point. I will certainly ensure that the department hears it, and I will feed back to him.20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentI am most grateful to my noble friend for that question. I hear it loud and clear and will feed it back to the Minister, my noble friend Lord Markham.20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentI am grateful for the noble Lord’s question. As somebody who used to deal in such equipment, I totally agree with him that you should always have the latest, most up-to-date…20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentMy noble friend raises a very good point. Notwithstanding wanting to have the very latest state-of-the-art equipment in our hospitals, the surplus could still be workable and…20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentMy Lords, the People’s Republic of China is not part of the Question and remit I have here, but I will certainly pass the noble Lord’s question on to my noble friend Lord Markham.20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentI thank the noble Lord for his important question and pay tribute to his expertise in such matters. This Government recognise the importance of the provision of healthcare…20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentMy Lords, the department and NHS Supply Chain hold regular discussions with industry. There is an established process for reviewing price increase requests, which is set out in…20 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and EquipmentThe noble Baroness raises an important point. As it is outside the Question and the remit I have here, I cannot give her a robust enough answer, I fear, so I will write to her.20 Mar 2023HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesMy noble friend raises a very good point. I have experience in my own family of GP practice doing exactly that. I am not aware of that being deliberately taken away but, if she…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesThe noble Baroness is exactly right: I do not have those figures to hand, but I will write to her.20 Mar 2023HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesI thank my noble friend for that very good question. ICBs are encouraged to do exactly what he says. I refer to an answer I gave earlier: from summer 2023, NHS England will start…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesMy Lords, they are private businesses and some close, some open and there are changes. As I said in an answer I gave earlier, there are still the same number of pharmacies as…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesThe noble Baroness raises several good points there. From my personal experience of pharmacies, they do have access to those records, but unfortunately that is not across the…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesMy Lords, there are more than 11,000 pharmacies in England. Some people know the true value of local pharmacies, but people do not always know just what pharmacies are able to do…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesSix per cent.20 Mar 2023HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesUnfortunately, I was not in the House in November last year, but I hear very strongly what the noble Lord is saying about healthcare and pharmacies in Northern Ireland and I will…20 Mar 2023